A blog by journalism students at Jschool: Journalism Education & Training, Australia

It was so sad watching it all come to an end, having to say goodbye to the community, to the editor and to the journalists. It was an incredible experience. I had my work published, I was able to take photo’s, I planned my days out to finish my stories. In the final few days the excitement faded, only because I knew it was all coming to an end. I am lucky though, I got a job to write a story once a month for a Logan Newsletter and Brenton said he would help me find a job as their papers are going through some changes. I wish I could go back, it was so devastating to pack up my desk and go home. This work experience changed all of my perceptions. I always thought I wanted to work in television as a field reporter but now…

I like the structure of the paper, I like actually writing the story. In television you film your story, you film the quotes and then you write what you need to say. I just think the paper has more beauty to it. More structure. I know what I want to do now, I know what jobs I really want-of course I would be happy with anything at this stage.